Sunday, March 4, 2012

Six dead in Kathmandu market fire

KATHMANDU: Six people were killed as a fire tore through the main vegetable market in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Saturday night destroying more than 100 stalls, police said.

Firefighters and residents battled for seven hours to contain the blaze, which was caused by an electrical fault, deputy superintendent of Kathmandu Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh told AFP.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1186915/1/.html

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